Mercury

  • This planet is one of the four inner planet.

  • Mercury is the smallest terrestrial planet and the planet close to the sun.

  • Mercury's mass is so small that gravity it gravity is very weak.

  • During the day, the side facing the sun reaches temperature of 430ºc.

Venus

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Venus Planet

  • Venus is a inner planet

  • Took it on 12:22:21 AM

  • Took it on Wed, Mar 07, 2012

  • Venus is 3 millions year away from Earth.

  • Venus density and internal structure are similar to Earth's. But, in other ways, Venus and Earth are very different.

  • The trapping of heat by the atmosphere is called greenhouse effect.

  • Venus rotate from east to west in a opposite way of almost all the moons and planets.

  • Venus's surface has manny volcanoes and broad plains formed by lava flows.

  • The clouds are made mostly of droplets of sulfuric acid.

Mars

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Mars Planet


  • Mars is an inner planet

  • Took it on Thursday, Mar 08, 2012

  • Amado, arizona

  • Took it at 12:22:21 AM

  • Mars is 4.35 light years away from Earth

  • Mars is called "Red Planet"

  • Mars transparent atmosphere allows people on Earth to view it's surface with a telescope.

  • It covers a region as large as the state of Missouri and is nearly three times as tall as Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth.

  • Mars have very small moons.

  • At both location the rovers found strong evidence that liquid water was once present.


Jupiter

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Jupiter Planet

  • Jupiter is an outer planet

  • Took on Wed, Mar 07, 2012

  • Amado, arizona

  • Too it at 07:26:30 PM

  • Jupiter is 32 million light years away from

  • Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet.

  • Jupiter has a thick atmosphere made up mainly of hydrogen and helium.

  • Galileo discovered Jupiter's four largest moons.

  • Many of this are small moons that have been found in the last few years thanks to improved technology.


Saturn

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Saturn Planet


  • Saturn is a outer planet

  • took at 03:06:33 AM

  • Saturn is 1.5 light year away from Earth

  • Amado, Arizona

  • Saturn's atmosphere also contains clouds and storms, but they are less dramatic than those on Jupiter.


  • Saturn has the most spectacular rings of any planet.

  • It rings are broad and thin like a compact disc.

  • Four other moons of Saturn are each over 1000 kilometers in diameters.


Neptune

  • Neptune is a cold blue planet. Its atmosphere contains visible clouds

  • The largest moon is Triton, which has a thin atmosphere.

  • Other smaller spot and region's of clouds of Neptune also seem to come and go.

  • Astronomer had discover 13 moons orbiting on Neptune.